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STATEMENT No. 19 Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities

STATEMENT No. 20 Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1943, to 31st March, 1944 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE

EXPENDITURE

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Year ended 81st March, 1944. I I Itevenue. » jij ions _ Commodity. Tonnage | Per Cent. ! One Mile Average p er p er carried. j of Gross. (000 Haul. Ttl Cent Pe r Ton. Ton ! omitted). of Gross. Mile. Products of Agriculture Milea. £ a. d. d. Grain .. .. .. 280,450 3-11 15,091 54 157,850 1-82 0 11 3 2-51 Meals .. .. •• 133,807 1-48 8,856 66 88,612 1-02 0 13 3 2-40 Fruit and vegetables .. .. 96,534 1-07 17,164 178 146,762 1-70 1 10 5 2-05 Root crops and fodder . ■ 200,370 2*22 19,607 98 155,413 1-80 0 15 0 1-90 Flax, green and pressed .. 14,078 0-16 1,531 109 15,172 0'18 I 1 7 2-38 Seeds .. .. .. 31,922 0-35 2,546 80 30,173 0-35 0 18 11 2-84 757,161 8-39 64,795 86 593,992 6-87 0 15 8 2-20 Animals and other Products — Cattle, calves, horses .. .. 271,785 3*01 23,616 87 317,133 3*66 1 3 4 3*22 Sheep and pigs .. 521,352 5-78 39,016 75 556,948 6-43 1 1 4 3-43 Meat, fresh .. .. .. 94,510 1-05 13,532 143 181,300 2-09 1 18 5 3■ 22 Meat, chilled Meat, frozen .. .. 235,408 2-60 14,015 60 267,123 3-09 1 2 8 4-57 Butter ■ • 118,497 1-31 13,074 110 161,615 1-87 1 7 3 2-97 Cheese .. 101,620 1-13 6,459 64 100,588 1-16 0 19 10 3-74 Wool .. .. •• 218,781 2-42 14,273 65 269,167 3-1.1 1 4 7 4-53 Dairy by-products .. .. 31,409 0*35 3,233 103 45,116 0-52 1 8 9 3*35 Fat, hides, and skins .. 60,549 0-67 4,677 77 84,635 0-98 1 7 11 4*34 Fish .. .. •• 12,277 0-14 2,082 170 20,736 0-24 113 10 2-39 1,666,188 18-46 133,977 80 2,004,361 23-15 14 0 3-59 Products of Mines Agricultural lime .. .. 651,871 7-22 40,555 62 249,217 2*88 0 7 8 1-47 Coal, imported .. .. 1,575 0-02 239 152 2,010 0-02 1 5 6 2-02 Coal, New Zealand hard .. 953,572 10-56 55,687 58 408,119 4-71 0 8 7 1-76 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 1,128,898 12-51 137,878 122 791,673 9-14 0 14 0 1-38 Road-metal .. .. .. 43,125 0-48 2,027 47 18,039 0-21 0 8 5 2-14 Limeandcoke .. .. 42,694 0-47 2,903 68 26,426 0-31 0 12 4 2-18 2,821,735 31-26 239,289 85 1,495,484 17-27 0 10 7 1-50 Products of Forests —— Timber, imported .. .. 7,636 0-08 784 103 9,780 0-11 1 5 7 2-99 Timber, New Zealand .. .. 659,821 7-31 87,773 133 712,781 8-23 1 1 7 1-95 Firewood, posts, &c. .. .. 89,305 0-99 7,747 87 46,424 0-54 0 10 5 I.-44 756,762 8-38 96,304 127 768,985 8-88 1 0 4 1-92 Manufactures, dbc. — — — — Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 201,722 2-23 15,430 76 315,520 3-64 I 11 3 4-91 Cement .. .. .. 110,842 1-23 14,639 132 145,089 1-68 1 6 2 2-38 Manure .. .. .. 588,037 6-52 53,065 90 381,972 4-41 0 12 11 1-73 900,601 9-98 83,134 92 842,581 9-73 0 18 9 2-43 Miscellaneous .. .. 2,124,179 23-53 215,095 101 2,952,379 34-10 1 7 10 3-29 Totals .. .. 9,026,626 100-00 832,594 92 8,657,782 100-00 0 19 2 2-50

A v,n' : ;f rinnltjil i Train-mileage. Passenger Passenger RoaoWns Cattle Sheep and Timber ope" | (lte venue.) Journeys. EevenSe. Revenue anl10alves - pi 8 8 - No. £ No. No. £ £ No. No. Tons. 1942-1943 .. 3,403 66,189,962 15,139,882 36,133,268 3,710,509 397,142 1,389,876 14,101,744 687,158 1943-1944 ..I 3,469 68,476,775 15,328,987 36,611,267 4,275,482 435,928 1,384,600 12,891,891 667,457 J Miscellaneous ' Itevenue per Year. Goods. Total. Goods Itevenue. : Revenue, Labour, Total Revenue. Itevenue j Demurrage, Ac. i Train-mile. Tons. Tons. I £ £ £ d. 1942-1943.. .. 7,347,888 8,035,046 ! 8,044,563 262,866 12,415,080 196-81 1943-1944.. . 7,566,032 8,233,489 I 8,479,387 274,182 13,464,979 210-82

.. . , . j tit i Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Maintenance of Way and Works. Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. i Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. I Per Amount. ! of of Amount. of of Amount. of I TrainI Revenue. Railway. Revenue. Railway. Revenue. ! mile. £ £ £ £ £ d 1942-1943 .. .. 1,829,311 14-73 537-56 271,499 2-19 79-78 2,380,260 19-17 37-73 1943-1944 .. .. 2,146,448 15-94 618-75 326,190 2-42 94-03 2,868,006 21-30 44-90 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expcndi- - ture expend l- , — Tota per 1110 Per „ Per p Per p Expenditure. Revenue P? 1 ' . Amount. C ®, t ' Train- Amount. °?5 t ' Train- Amount. Train- 'mile*" Revenue. Revenue. mUe " Itevenue. mile - Revenue. mile - mUe - £ d. f d. £ d. £ d. 1942-1943 . 2,430,347 19-58 38-53 2,862,653 23-06 45-38 245,589 1-98 3-89 10,019,659 158-83 80-71 1943-1944 2,555,956 18-99 40-02 3,207,782 23-82 50-22 261,535 1-94 4-09 11,365,917 177-95 84-41